Chiefs investigate Hill

The Kansas City Chiefs said Friday that they had begun an inquiry into their star receiver Tyreek Hill in response to news reports that said police were investigating his involvement in a battery on a juvenile. The Kansas City Star reported Friday that it had obtained a police report that was filed Thursday after officers responded to a report of a battery on a juvenile at Hill’s home in Overland Park, Kan., a Kansas City suburb. The report does not give details. KCTV reported that Hill, 25, was involved in two incidents, one on March 5 and another on March 14, according to copies of the police reports that it published. The first report names Hill and his fiancée, Crystal Espinal, and cites “child abuse/neglect.” The case was closed three days later when police declined to file charges. The second report lists “battery” as the type of incident, but does not indicate what the disposition was. The NFL did not return calls seeking comment. A spokesman at the Overland Park Police Department said the second case, from March 14, has been referred to the Johnson County district attorney’s office in Kansas. A spokesman for the district attorney’s office said that it had not yet received the report. In 2014, Hill was arrested on domestic violence charges while he was at Oklahoma State. He pleaded guilty to abusing and choking Espinal, who was pregnant at the time, and received three years’ probation. Hill was kicked out of the program and played the 2015 season at the University of West Alabama.